November Current Affairs 2016

November Current Affairs 2016

[CS] [COMPLETE SUCCESS] [CS] Appointments 24. Meng Hongwei became first Chinese citizen to be 1. A K Bhatt has been appointed as India's new director- elected as President of International Criminal Police general of military operations (DGMO). Organization (INTERPOL), for 4 years. 2. Ajit Narayanan named as chief technology and product 25. Ministry of Railways Creates 3 New Director General officer of Fashion ecommerce marketplace Myntra. Level Posts At Apex Scale 3. Ami Bera reelected to US House of Representatives for - Director General (Signal & Telecommunications) Akhil 3rd consecutive term. Agarwal 4. Asha Ram Sihag appointed as Chairman of National - Director General (Railway Stores) AK Goel Authority Chemical Weapons Convention. - Director General (Personnel) Anand Mathur 5. Bank of Baroda Capital Markets appointed Ratnesh 26. N V Srinivasan elected as National President of Kumar as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. IndoAmerican Chamber of Commerce for 201617. 6. Bollywood Actor Ranveer Singh named as Indian 27. N V Srinivasan elected as National President of Trade ambassador for Switzerland Tourism campaign for 2017 body IndoAmerican Chamber of Commerce (IACC) for 2016 Nature wants you back. 17. 7. Book Swimmer Among the Stars, has been authored by 28. Narinder Batra became first Indian to be elected Kanishk Tharoor (Son of Shashi Tharoor). President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH). He 8. C.V.R. Rajendran appointed as Managing Director & CEO succeeded Spaniard Leandro Negre. of Catholic Syrian Bank for 3 years. 29. New Appointments - 9. Debbie Hockley elected as president of New Zealand - Rajiv Yadav - Secretary in Ministry of Parliamentary Cricket. She has become first woman to hold this role in Affairs. 122year history of New Zealand Cricket's History. - Raghav Chandra - Secretary in National Commission for 10. Former CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) Vinod Scheduled Tribes. Rai has been appointed as Chairman of Fund Trustee and - Susheel Kumar - Secretary in Ministry of Coal Advisory Commission of Kerala. - Rajeev Kapoor - Secretary in Ministry of New & Renewable 11. Former Hockey player Mariamma Koshy appointed as Energy. Hockey India's president. - Yudhvir Singh Malik - Chairman in National Highways 12. Gautam Kumra elected Global Management Consulting Authority of India. Firm McKinsey & Company’s India managing director. - K.P. Krishnan - Secretary in Ministry of Skill Development 13. Government appointed Praveen Kumar Sharma as & Entrepreneurship. Central Registrar (CR), Managing Director (MD) and Chief 30. New Presidentelect of USA, Donald Trump nominated Executive Officer (CEO) of Central Registry of Securitisation Indian Seema Verma to post of Administrator of the Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 14. Guy Ryder from United Kingdom has been reelected 31. Pankaj Patel elected as President of Federation of Director General of the International Labour Organisation Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for (ILO) for a second five year term. 2017. 15. Indian lawyer Aniruddha Rajput elected as a member 32. Qamar Javed Bajwa appointed as 16th Pak Army Chief. International Law Commission (ILC), a top body of legal He will replace Raheel Sharif. experts of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 33. Rajiv Kumar Gupta appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer 16. Ishaat Hussain appointed as Chairman IT Firm Tata (CVO) in Oil India Limited (OIL). Consultancy Services (TCS). 34. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed M Rajeshwar Rao 17. Jagdish Singh Khehar is appointed as new Executive as Executive Director (ED) following voluntary retirement of Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). G Mahalingam. 18. Kim Byongjoon has been appointed as the new Prime - Gurumoorthy Mahalingam will now take over as a Full Minister of South Korea. Yim Jongyong is appointed new time member in SEBI (Search Results Securities and Finance Minister. Exchange Board of India). 19. Kirpal Singh Badungar elected as 41st president of Sikhs' 35. S.K. Sinha appointed as Special Director in Intelligence single largest representative body Shiromani Gurdwara Bureau. Parbandhak Committee. 36. Sanjiv Arora appointed as India's Ambassador to 20. MM Kutty has been appointed as Delhi chief secretary. Lebanon. 21. Mahesh Bhalla appointed as Chief Mentor of Startups 37. Satish Dua appointed as Chief of Integrated Defence Club India. Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC). 22. Mahindra and Mahindra Group appointed Pawan 38. South Indian Bank launched contactless debit cards, Goenka as Managing Director. using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that 23. McLaren Technology Group appointmeed Zak Brown as makes transaction safe and fast. Executive Director. 39. State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) appointed Siby Sebastian [CS] [COMPLETE SUCCESS] [CS] as Chief Executive for its India operations. South Korean film Age of Shadows. Indian Panorama opens 40. Susan Kiefel named Australia's first female chief justice. with Sanskrit feature Film ‘Ishti’. 41. Times Internet appointed former Twitter India head - South Korea is focus country of IFFI 2016. Rishi Jaitly as chief executive officer (CEO) of Times Global - Singer SP Balasubrahmaniam honored with the 2016 Partners, that supports expansion of emerging global digital Centenary Indian Film Personality of year award. companies in India. - Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI 2016 was bestowed 42. Two officials of Securities and Exchange Board of India upon legendary South Korean film director and writer Im (Sebi) Parmod Kumar Nagpal and Amarjeet Singh elected as Kwon Taek. chairpersons of two committees set up by IOSCO - Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu (International Organisation of Securities Commissions). inaugurated multimedia exhibition on theme of ‘Aazadi 70 Nagpal will chair Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit Saal, Yaad Karo Kurbani’. and Disclosure while Amarjeet Singh will chair Assessment - Awards – Committee (AC). - Golden Peacock award - Iranian film “Daughter”. It has 43. U.P. Singh appointed as Director General in National been directed by Reza Mirkarimi. Mission for Clean Ganga. - Special jury award - The Throne (South Korea) directed by 44. US President elect Donald Trump named Indian Lee JoonIk. American Nikki Haley for high profile post of USA's - Best Actor Female - Elina Vaska (Latvia) for Mellow Mud. ambassador to United Nations (UN). - Best Actor Male - Farhad Aslani (Iran) for Daughter. 45. United Nations reappointed Russian Tennis Player - Best Director Shared - by Soner Caner and Baris Kaya for Maria Sharapova as goodwill ambassador. Her doping ban Turkish film “Rauf”. expires in April 2017. - ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal Prize Turkish director Mustafa 46. United States president elect Donald Trump named Kara for his film “Cold of Kalandar”. Michael Flynn as USA's National security adviser. 6. Magical Piano, a short film by India's Toonz Media Group 47. Upma Chowdhary became first woman to be appointed has won award at prestigious UNESCO Salon Youth Video as new (23rd) Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Competition 2016. Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) at Mussoorie. 7. Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee won Best Performance 48. YES Bank appointed Amresh Acharya as Group by an Actor at 10th edition of Asia Pacific Screen Awards President and Head of Global Indian Banking. (APSA) for his performance as Professor Siras in Aligarh directed by Hansal Mehta. Awards 8. Book The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan 1. 11 year old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang named Greenspan, by Sebastian Mallaby has won 2016 FT Business winner of Doodle 4 Google contest 2016. Her Doodle's Book Award. theme is If I could teach anyone anything, it would be. 9. Captain Radhika Menon became first woman to receive Doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on International Maritime Organisation (IMO) award for November 14 to celebrate Children’s Day. Exceptional Bravery at Sea. She was presented with this 2. 17th annual Latin Grammy Awards announced in Nevada award for saving lives of seven fishermen from sinking (US). Winners fishing boat in Bay of Bengal. - Record of the Year - Carlos Vives & Shakira 10. Chinese actor Jackie Chan has been bestowed with - Rock Album - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, La Salvación De Solo honorary Academy Award (or Oscar) by Academy of Motion Y Juan Picture Arts and Sciences at the 8th Hollywood Annual - Singer - Songwriter Album Manuel Medrano Governors Awards. 3. 2016 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) TV5 Monde Press 11. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2016 Competition Awards Freedom Prize will be awarded to Syrian reporter Hadi 2016 Presented by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Abdullah, Chinese news website 64Tianwang and Chinese Delhi -- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE is a national citizen journalists Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu. competition of original technological innovations by 4. 39th Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Awards 2016 - children up to class 12 (or those under 17 years age). It is - Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi (Gandhian and President of organized by National Innovation Foundation(NIF). Tunisia’s Ennahdha Party) - This year, 31 students have been awarded for their ideas. - Mohan Hirabai Hiralal (founder of Vrikshamitra). - The awards of competition are announced on 15 October - BonBehari Vishnu Nimbkar (founder of Nimbkar every year on Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthday, which is Agricultural Research Institute) celebrated by NIF

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